Update #48: Documentary News and More Arcanum

Project Eternity the Documentary Update

Article by Adam Brennecke, Executive Producer and Lead Programmer

In Update #23
Feargus announced that Obsidian would fund a documentary of the making
of Project Eternity without using a dime from the Kickstarter funding.
Here's a behind-the-scenes of the behind-the-scenes and some other
tidbits about the documentary.

We've been working with the documentary team, Tony Jacobsen and Michael Mitchell from Creative Lane Media,
for some time. Tony and Mike are very professional guys with years of
experience making films, and have experience working with the games
industry. They will be with following us with their fancy cameras for
the entire production of Project Eternity.

Our documentary will
be a full movie and released in its entirety when the game is complete.
We are targeting a 45 minute film that covers the entire process of the
making of Project Eternity from the early days of the Kickstarter, into
preproduction, all the way through production to finishing it up and
going gold. There will be footage from our team meetings, informal
discussions, scrums, and major milestone events.

The room
pictured above is an office at that we transformed into a small film
studio. It will be used to shoot one-on-one sit down style interviews.

Documentary FAQ

When can I get the Documentary?The documentary will be released when Project Eternity is finished. We
will have more details when we get closer to the Project Eternity beta.

How do I get it?If you already backed at the $20/$25 tier level (and Slacker Backers via
PayPal thus far) and above you will be able to stream it. At the $35
tier level and above you will be able to download it, and at the $140
tier level (and physical tiers above) we will include a DVD / Blu-ray.
You can still get access to the documentary stream if you donate to the
project today via the Slacker Backer pledge at the Eternity website.

Tony and Mike from Creative Lane

Season 0: Season of the Wolf (Ghosts), Parts 4, 5, and 6

Article by Darren Monahan, HTML monkey

The truth behind Season 0's naming reveals itself in... ghosts. Note that this recording was done at the same time as last season, so any fixes or interface errors will not be fixed again until, uh, the real Season 1. (Ed: Yes, that means Chris is probably not using the world map enough quite yet. :))
We'll be recording a new batch soon and I'm passing along feedback from YouTube comments and our forums.

PART 4

PART 5

PART 6

Next week's update we will have a movie showcasing some of the progress we've made on prototype 1! Stay tuned!

@mrfatso: Not to mention, Obsidian has little reason not to offer a straight-up paid download after the game and everything are released. They could even sell DVD's if they wish. It's not funded by the Kickstarter monies, and so has no backer obligations attached to it (other than the studio's promise to make & share it with us), so they fully have the rights to sell the documentary in any form they wish. *Nowhere* was it claimed that it was exclusive to the KS, to the backers, or to a reward tier.

@andrew: sorry i probably missed that, but did they mentioned how long will the upgrade of pledge last? Since for some project that i have seen, they have some cut-off period by then, no more slacker backers or upgrade could be made, at that point of time, the project maker would then use whatever final final amount they received as their budget.

@mrfatso: Once Obsidian have the backer site set up those who want to upgrade their pledge will be able to do so, so if you want to download the documentary, but pledged at a lower level, all you have to do is increase your pledge to $35 or higher.

This is probably Kickstarter being coy but...I see two Torment pictures instead of the pictures of the studio. Wtf!?
Excited about the documentary, it will be cool to watch especially since it won't be overly long. It's a nice addition for people interested in 'making ofs'.

what i am about to type might offend some people, so i apologize in advanced.

Once the documentary is out, could we reupload the film and share those links around to the rest of the world? Streaming is nice and all, but surely there will be guys who say:I wish i could have pledge at a higher level so i could download this movie and store it for future viewing"

Chris is surprisingly bad player. He grinds the same scene again and again, while it's evident from the games behaviour that he's not expected to do that. You'd think that he would have experimented more with the world map given that it flares up blue when he walks in the wolf gauntlet.

The Doc could be good but seems a little short as others said. Though that could be because the Double Fine doc is going to clock in at over 8 hours if you include the side interviews. Still looking forward to it.

I'm a sad sad panda. No footage of the prototype... BUT there's next week and now I'm looking forward to it even though my holidays come to an end.
@documentary
I'm happy that I'll get it on DVD/Blue-ray and I'll definetly watch it.

man... the longer i have to wait for this and the more i learn about the game the more i want it. this will be my first isometric WRPG (i have played quite a few isometric JRPG's like "Tales" early FF games, WIld Arms, etc. can you call these games isometric??? i always thought that isometric was talking about how the camera works... either way i hope this game is fun for me, even though i am not used to this type of game (or most WRPG's for that matter...)